Clive Edwards

Turning Houses into Homes (eBook, PDF)

A History of the Retailing and Consumption of Domestic Furnishings

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Turning Houses into Homes surveys the developments and changes in the retailing and consumption of home furnishings over the past three centuries. By taking a cross-disciplinary approach it explores and evaluates the inter-relations between two constitutions. The important but often contradictory role of the retailer as both a supplier and advisor is considered in relation to the needs and aspirations of consumers who wish to turn their houses into homes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351877282
• Artikelnr.: 48419649

Autorenporträt

Clive Edwards is a Senior Lecturer and Research Co-ordinator in the School of Art and Design at Loughborough University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Introduction
Early developments in furniture retailing and consumption
The rise of the retail tastemaker: 18th century furniture retailing and distribution
From being to well-being: the growing demand for comfort and convenience in the 18th century home
The retail revolution: the response to the demands from the 19th century consumer
Aestheticisation of everyday life: 19th century homes and their importance in society
20th century retail responses: from mass to niche marketing
Changing visions of the ideal and the real: the consumption of home furnishings in the 20th century
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.